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[spare cargo]

when i go to the link to install the pip file (https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py) i cant find a place to install it, its just pip

[zenith niche]

pip should just ship with any modern Python. get-pip was a transition tool for earlier Pythons.

[spare cargo]

how can i check if pip is there cause i dont think its there

last time i did it (about a few months to a year back) i had to manually install pip

[zenith niche]

If you invoke Python as python, run: python -m pip help

Adjust python to suit.

[clever mortar]

!dashmpip

[outer smelt]

Install packages with `python -m pip`

When trying to install a package via pip, it's recommended to invoke pip as a module: python -m pip install your_package.

Why would we use python -m pip instead of pip?
Invoking pip as a module ensures you know which pip you're using. This is helpful if you have multiple Python versions. You always know which Python version you're installing packages to.

Note
The exact python command you invoke can vary. It may be python3 or py, ensure it's correct for your system.

[spare cargo]

this is shell

[zenith niche]

Yeah. Back out to your command line prompt.

[spare cargo]

this one is python 64 bit

[zenith niche]

Get a windows command prompt instead.

[zenith niche]

Yes. You're at the Python interactive prompt. You want cmd.exe or Power Shell to run python -m pip.

On Windows it's spelled py -m pip.

[spare cargo]

uhh

when i ran on windows command prompt

it gave a very long thing

[zenith niche]

Can you show a screenshot of py -m pip help at the windows command prompt?

[zenith niche]

Excellent.

[spare cargo]

i put python -m pip help

[zenith niche]

Usually you need pip in order to install something.

... so did you need to install something specific?

[spare cargo]

well im coding a discord bot in python and one of the first steps is to install pip

[zenith niche]

Ok. pip is installed, you're good there.

[spare cargo]

i was supposed to run $ pip install -U discord.py

in shell

but when i did i got error invalid syntax

[zenith niche]

Right. This is better spelled:

python -m pip install -U discord

Do that.

[spare cargo]

same error

[zenith niche]

Show the error pls/

[zenith niche]

The $ prompt, BTW, is something I associate with a UNIX shell.

Ah! You're back in the Python prompt. Go back to the command prompt.

[spare cargo]

TvT

[zenith niche]

... and that $ you typed is in fact a prompt from the example. Leave it out.

[spare cargo]

sry it said to do the command in shell

[spare cargo]

oh

[zenith niche]

Yes. In UNIX, that means the command line environment. Not the Python interactive prompt.

You want the Windows command line.

[spare cargo]

i think i should re do my harvard course TvT

[zenith niche]

"TvT" ?

[spare cargo]

crying

like 😭 this

[zenith niche]

Get back to your Windows command prompt, the one with C:\users\idkla>. At that prompt, type python -m pip install -U discord

[spare cargo]

yeah it downloaded

[zenith niche]

Huzzah!

[spare cargo]

tysm 😄

[zenith niche]

So python is a command. It has to happen at the windows command prompt. The >>> prompt is Python's interactive prompt, it expect Python syntax.

[spare cargo]

i see

[zenith niche]

To verify, get back to the Python prompt and type import discord.

It should succeed (silently).

[spare cargo]

shell or just python?

[zenith niche]

import discord is a Python statement. Type it at the >>> prompt.

[spare cargo]

i just understood the joke 😂

yeah it imported

[zenith niche]

Well I was in fact being literal.

Yay!

So the discord package is installed. You should be able to proceed now.

Sounds like their tutorial/guide is using UNIX nomenclature. So: "shell" means the Windows command prompt.

[spare cargo]

ohh i see

tysm

[zenith niche]

Good luck. I need to go AFK.

[spare cargo]

and im back again because im so confused about this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in <module>
    client = discord.Client()
TypeError: Client.__init__() missing 1 required keyword-only argument: 'intents'```

hmmm

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